JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown Kiwanis club, along with 250 volunteers, is packaging 64,000 meals to benefit the Great Plains Food Bank.

“Kiwanis is all about kids,” said President CJ Hager. “Kiwanis Against Hunger allows us to fill those tiny tummies – and it only costs 25 cents per meal.”

Nearly one out of seven North Dakota families is food insecure. The Great Plains Food Bank served 97,000 individuals last year alone.

“Last year’s KAH meals were gone of the shelves within a couple of weeks,” the club states. “Meals cost 25 cents and stay within North Dakota and Clay County, Minn.”

The club raised $16,000 to pack 64,000 meals. In its eight years of packing meals, Jamestown Kiwanis has raised $276,000 and packed 1.2 million meals.

Available at the event:
* Kiwanis members
* Kelly Foss, Great Plains Food Bank
* 30 + University of Jamestown football players
* 250 or so volunteers

The event will run from 9 AM to 12 PM Saturday, October 26th at Stutsman Harley Davidson.